Erich von Stroheim Movies

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is...

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia...

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own...

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location...

During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has...

An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.

A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.

Respected Parisian banker Paul Lavond is framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to prison. Years later, he escapes with a...

In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them...

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.

Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's...

Having recently moved into her new apartment, Irène Cazenave, the widow of a well-known police officer, is forced by one of her husband's...

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

A group of youth come of age in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies, bringing...

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.

A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his...

While Peggy deeply falls in love with Jimmy, her best friend Millie becomes increasingly frustrated with men and very jealous with Peggy, so she...